U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground

U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command assist Iraqi soldiers from the 8th Iraqi Army transport Alaskan barriers at Al Taqaddum Air Base, Iraq Jan. 8, 2016. The 12-ton barriers are placed around structures to reinforce them and provide protection from shrapnel. Advise and assist sites, like Al Taqqadum Air Base, are an integral part of Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve’s multinational effort to increase the military capacity of Iraqi Security Force personnel to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Akeel Austin/Released)